Was this message a call to order for France? In a speech on Tuesday, September 19 at the United Nations General Assembly, in which he defended women's rights, their freedom to dress as they please, and gender equality, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres did not address a country directly. "In some countries, women and girls are punished for wearing too many clothes; in others, for wearing too few," declared Guterres in French, while the rest of his speech was in English.

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